DVD notes: New, improved (?) ‘Poultrygeist’

Maybe you were intrigued by the comedy/horror/musical “Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead” when it came out on video in 2008, but said to yourself, “Maybe I’ll just wait until the special-edition DVD.”

Then, when the two-disc special edition was released last March, perhaps you thought, “That’s tempting, but I think I’ll wait for Blu-ray.”

Well, then, today’s the day. The cautionary tale of where not to build a franchise chicken restaurant  on top of an ancient Indian burial ground  is available in the high definition format. Which means, according to this New York Times review, you’ll get crystal-clear scenes of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea.

And, judging from the trailer, lots of bodies taken apart in comic ways.

“Poultrygeist,” which had a brief theatrical release in 2007 (it goes without saying that it never made it to San Antonio), is from those wacky folks at Troma Entertainment, who gave us three “Toxic Avenger” and “Class of Nuke ‘Em High” films. It’s directed by Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman. The Troma folks describe the film thusly:

When the American Chicken Bunker, a military-themed fried-chicken chain, builds a restaurant on the site of an ancient Indian burial ground, local protesters aren’t the only ones crying fowl! The previous tenants, fueled by a supernatural force, take “possession” of the food and those who eat it, and the survivors discover that they must band together before they themselves become the other white meat!

In other words, chicken zombies are on the rampage! Or as an Arab-looking employee says, “The chicken has declared jihad on us all.”